steven mckenzie
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:29:33 -0800
i have tried seceral times and ways to paste this url anyone else have it? --- "T. Peter Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My Norfolk VA friend Curtis M. Brooks just tipped me > off about this MOST > interesting author he recently met in Norfolk, the > poet, playwright, and > science-fiction & fantasy writer Lea Ann Douglas, > who teaches English > and Philosophy at Norfolk's Old Dominion University. > Ms. Douglas has > written a series of stories about a race of "Hidden > Folk" sharing our > planet with _Homo sapiens_, the "Sidhe" (from the > Gaelic word for > "fairies"). Her "Sidhe" stories should be of GREAT > interest to anybody > interested in the theme of what I call the "Other > Folk." Curtis e-mailed > me last night the full text of one of Ms. Douglas' > Sidhe stories, > "Hurricane Music," depicting a Key West bartender > who has a close > encounter with a Sidhe warrior and a rogue robot > dwarf he's pursuing who > both seek shelter in her bar from the rain, thunder, > and lightning > during a hurricane, just as she is about to close > the bar down for the > night. I found the story a "real pig-hanger"! I give > you below a copy of > her "The World of the Sidhe" web page along with a > brief author bio. As > you can see, Ms. Douglas' basic premise for her > Sidhe stories comes very > close to some of my own speculations about the > "Other Folk," and to the > theories of researchers like Jacques Vallee, John A. > Keel, Brad Steiger, > William Michael Mott, and Mac Tonnies. > > The World of the Sidhe > hometown.aol.com/__121b_GK8ipm9SK+t4revFIJgvg06xhXea8MQYr1yEWBEEfhU= > > > Ta me Kodgaia > Ta me Folenya > Ta me Jei Alah > Mo Anum nil Faile > > I am a Warrior > I am a Healer > I am a Storyteller > My Song will never Die > > > In every culture, in every corner of the world, > there are legends of > us. We are the Manitou of the Native Americans. We > are the Strigoi of > Romania. We are the Faeries and Elves of Western > Europe. We have been > called many names by humans: Duendes; Furies; > Nymphs; Kappa; Nephilim; > Tzitsimine--just to name a few. > > To ourselves, we are the Sidhe. > > We are creatures born of the Earth, she whom > we call Gaia. >From > long-extinct lemur-like primates we have evolved. > Hundreds of thousands > of years before humans raised themselves to walk on > two legs, the Sidhe > walked the Earth. > > And here we remain, hidden from humanity, except for > the occasiAnd onal > sighting, usually mistaken for vampires, ghosts, or > simply odd-looking > men. We, the Cailech Sidhe, our dwellings hidden > from your sight by the > mists we weave or tucked away into remote corners of > the world > yet unexplored by humans...loving humanity and > hating it...our magic all > around you, unseen by your impaired senses. And the > Tinnar > Sidhe--outcasts and criminals--dwelling amoung you, > passing for human, > nursing their hatred and ressentment for those who > cast them out. > > This world you inhabit is ours as well. Limited > in your perceptive > abilities, you are unable (or unwilling) to hear the > music of the > Gra--the richness and the magic all around you. But > make no mistake, we > are here, right by your side. > > We come now out of our 5000 year silence to > tell our tales once > again to this human storyteller in the hopes that > she will pass them on > and others will listen, opening their spirits at > last to hear the Song > of the Gra. > > Read the stories, hear the lays told by this > human woman, Lea Ann > Douglas, and hear the truth of those you call Fair > Folk, deamons, > angels, or gods. > > > ABOUT THE AUTHOR--Lea Ann Douglas > hometown.aol.com/cvillemacka/leaanndouglas.html - > 11k - > > > Lea Ann Douglas is a playwright and short story > author and creator of > the World of the Sidhe. Over the last twenty years, > she has been > devoloping the Sidhe culture, languages, and history > and creating > stories based on this world. > > Born in New Orleans, she currently resides in > Virgina, where she teaches > English and Philosophy and oversees the training of > young Sidhe pixies. > > Lea Ann holds a Master of Arts in Storytelling and a > Master of Fine Arts > in Playwriting from the University of Virginia. > > Her non-fiction essays and short stories have been > published on the web > and in several newspapers and magazines and her > plays have been seen in > Norfolk, Charlottesville, Los Angeles and London. > She is also the editor > of the online fiction journal Cruinnaiu, devoted to > publishing science > fiction and fantasy works as well as information > about the Sidhe world. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > "Sorcery! We are all sorcerers, and live in a wonderland of marvel and beauty if we did but know it." ~Charles Godfrey Leland So far, therefore, as the public profession of magic has been one of the roads by which men have passed to supreme power, it has contributed to emancipate mankind from the thraldom of tradition and to elevate them into a larger, freer life, with a broader outlook on the world. This is no small service rendered to humanity. And when we remember further that in another direction magic has paved the way for science, we are forced to admit that if the black arts has done much evil, it has also been the source of much good; that if it is the child of error, it has been the mother of freedom and truth. Sir James George Frazer (18541941). The Golden Bough. 1922. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! 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